LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10547, 1 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

During the year ending March 31st, 1911, an area of 108,884 acres 'of Crown land in New Zealand was either sold for cash or made freehold.

The Crown land in tthe Wellington district which was available for future settlement in 1911 was 265,383 acres. This was valued at £388,365. A valualble sheep dog was run over by a motor-car in the main thoroughfare of iMasterton yesterday afternoon. It escaped .wit'h injuries. - 1 ' The Opaki Rifle Club won the Armstrong Shield and the Franklin Shield at the Ruahine rifle meeting yesterday. The weaitlher was fine for the Woodville Av and-P. Association's show yesterday, and there was a very satisfactory attendance of the'public. A movement is afoot among the young men pf New Plymouth to entertain the Tarartaki war veterans on the night of the anniversary of t J he battle of Waireka.. " • '

Anxious enquiries are being made concerning the whereabouts of a young man who has left Jlastenton without saying good-bye to some of his sincerest friends.

*;. • jwin|>«r J which will-be sent-to the ■rations freez* t; ing -works from ■ ■ t'he 3 this- ; ' season will be smaller titan lakt, year, awing to ther sbjortagemlambs. ■ The s.s. Arawa took: 2070 eases o£ cheese on (account of the Kaupokomti Co-operative Dairy Factory Co., making a total for five shipments of 10,016 oases, of an estimated value ,of

A Mast&rton. resident, who has returned from a visit to Auckland, states that the northern city and surrounding country are having'. a most prosperous time. There is a great demand" foi* - laboair, and alt tirades, especially &e building trade, are in a condition..

. The output of wool from the Mastorton. railway statkm ,for the monit'b of January was aJbout 2615 bales, as compared with 1600 bales for the same period last year. The increase is due to the fact that shearing this year has beeri Considerably later, owing to the unfavourable weather.

j The passenger traffic to.and from the j Mastentotn. railway station for the j month of' January has been well up I'to the average.:': Tlie holiday 'traffic was slightly affobted by the inclemency, I of the weather, which .prevented people from travelling as muchas. they' wmild"iptJhjmwsc! r V <1 Tho Greytowh "Standard" of yes-, terday says:—An accident, luckily without serious results, occurred to Mr 0. Tolley .and a lady friend as they were driving near the Black Bridge on. Tuesday afternoon, when from Masterton collided with the vehicle, the damage being a bent axle. ; Lucerne growing.is rapidly growing ,in favour in the; Marlborough district. One faxrner lias expressed the intention of devoting 300 acres an tlie Rive.rlands to lucerne next season, his proposal being to thresh for seed and chaff the growth for feeding to sheep. The land that, it is his intention to put to'this purpose is subject to'flood, and experience has shown that lucerne will tiirive even ,after be-: ing wholly inundated. ■ The Pahiatua Herald says that the .milk; yield for the month of January ha« iteeii an exceptionally good one. A former Who has been dairying for a niumiber of years states that in many cases the milk cJieques for January .will be greater than those for December. In other seasons the reverse has heen the case. WHAT ABOUT HAWKES'I

Tin's -being Leap Year, t'Jic proseini month of February will have twentynine days. Good prices were realised for sheep .and cattle at fcho Jolmsonvillo stock salo yesterday.

The crops in the To Ore Ore district jure not considered so good t'liis season as in former years.

A number of Masterton settlers left yesterday for Hastings, where the rani fair opens to-day.

Tlho ruination of the potato and maize crops in some districts in NewSouth Wales is threatened by the wmiit t>f rain.

The Te. Aroha Club has won the Nont-h Auckland Bowling Association's chiaiinipionship, which lias been competed for at Hamilton this week. A Capetown cable states that J. Kotze, the South African fast howler, ias Provisionally accepted a place in tllie Triangular cricket team for England this year.

There ought to /be a big future before the condensed milk industry in this Dominion. During last year Great Britain bought from Switzerland 256,609 c wt. of condensed ipilk, valued at £648,012.

During the past few years, the annual output of timber from the North Auckland district amounted to upwards <rf sixty million feet.

Rifleman R. J. King, of Masterton, -was runnier-up to the winner of the ..aggregate prize at the Iluahme~Rifle Association's meeting.

The timber mills in the Northern Wairoa have been considerably inconvenienced of late, owing to the want :of rain, as in that district all the logs are brought down the river during freshes.

A procession consisting of the Mas-ter-tow bands and Fire Brigade will "march through Queen Street to the Park this evening. An en/tirely new series of pictures will foe shown in the open-air at the park by Messrs Thompson and Payne.

This afternoon the Masterton schools will be closed to enable the children to attend Hhe Park Fete. Swimming, running, and Scotch dancing events have been arranged specially for them. Entries may "be made on the ground.

In the borough of Masterton there are no fewer that eight touring motor care and tw» taxicabs .plying for hire. Wellington amateur .athletes are not expected to be strongly represented at the Park Fete sports to-day, on account of the day not (being suitalble. Masterton secured a large sliare of the prize money at the R/ualiine Rifle Association meting. Rifleman W. J. Feast won tbe Oonsolation Match,, with Rifleman, Engstrom second. Rifleman R. J. King came second, and Rifleman Hodges third in the Extra, Match.

The Masterton poE<^ ; officials, havei received enquiries from.Oaiiad^%for information concerning a maat i&and Thomas Scott, or Browne, who ' was* 1 heard of from Masterton in 1899; The roan, whois sffc llin in, height, and of Scottish descent, would be about sixty years of age. He was formerly a schoolmaster. ; .

The Masterton. Labour Party . held their .annual meeting .in Murray's Hall last evening. Therawas a large attendance of meinlbers; arid tho ing was of a most caithusiastie mature. Officers for .the e®suing year were ap■fkxrnted, and business of a routine nature

The supply.at the Ballance Daiiy Company's creamery; at Sear- - borough is: now".showing a small decrease daily. 'The- supply on Tuesday was aibout 1700 gallons. ; Three suppliers deliver-over 10001b of milk daily, their respective tallies being 143?1ib, 13461b, and 114711}. The tests are', "not rising, but are expected to' do so shortly, as the feed is 'hardening.: The highest test at the present time is 4.2. '"The dairying industry in. the t-a^hi district has been very satisfactory up to the present, amd a fair amount of rain during the autumn is all that h required to make the present bilking season a Highly, successful one;

The maize crop, which of late years has been considerably utilized for autumn feed by dairy farmers in the Masterton district, has not come up to expectations, owing to the 'winds experienced ibefore Christmas. The second crop, however/promises well.

. In connection . with i amateur 1 athletics, which are now so (popular with the gerieraJ ;Vfb is .. worthy of mention that-the late Mr-F.-fe. for several years proprietor oftihe Central: Hotel, -M<a sterton, an' far back as 1877 won the Amateur Championship of Wellington, in the 100, -220,. 440, 880 yards and one mile ' running events, which'was'altogether am excellent performance. The trophy, a handsome silver cup, presented on the occasion, is now in- the possession, of Mr F. Cooper, of Miasterrton. )

There is a good story/of a Divinity professor whouiad an estate in Scotland andihad been invited to preside at the ibaptism of the last arrived infant •in'the already crowded house of a minister. Theiguest gave out for congregational singing a, paraphrase much 1 favoured on such occasions. "Let us," said lie, "sing from the fifth .paraphrase, 'beginning at the second verse: 'As sparks in close succession rise.' " T<i his consternation the congregation giggled. Afterwards, seeing the "minister's man.," he asked Mm what was wrong, and tiliat functionary replied : "Ye see, professor, tihe .minister's name is Sparks, and yonder is this tenth bairn!" ' "• '/ The Talkeries, Masterton, thie oldestablished firm for phonograph goods, is under new management. Mr Sad. iCross, well and favourably known in .Masterton, is in charge, ,and he bias a supply of new records, new machines, land new ideas. Old and new customers are cordially invited to pay The Talkeries a visit. •

Oaiy one bankruptcy was rocorcfeef in Wellington during tlio month of January.

The Tatapouri Hotel, in tlio Poverty Bay district, was destroyed by firo. yesterday.

Important developments at thoMoturoa oil-wells are expected shortly- ■ The Feildiiiig A. and P. Association'sschool garden coin petic ion was won by tho Halcoitibo school, which heat Colyton by lialf a point. Tho entries covered a district exceeding 100 milos.

A Hawera. telegnun states that Pans Ngera, a Native, aged 21 years, committed suicide last night by tshooting himself. It is said lie was troubled. over a lore affair.

At Port Awanui a man is to Ix> charged with manslaughter, as the outcome of an inquest held into tht> death of a man named John Klein, who died after a drinking bout. The case will be the first of its kind heard in New Zealand.

A Reform .rally is to be held at Feilding ;on Monday, Feibruary 12tfc. Messrs Massey and Herries and other leading members of the party will bo pr&senit, and will be entertained at a, garden party.

ThO Taraiitiki A. and P. Society have decided to hold a three-days.' autumn show in place of the present two-days' winter show, and to erect % large building on their own reserve in. the town for winter 'show purposes.

In connection with the rumour published in the Mataura Ensign:, and telegraphed oh Tuesday, the Hon. J. A. Millar has telegraphed to t'he editor in response.to 4 communication, as follows "No truth in statement re resigning." ;

In a litter of pigs recently bam 00l the farm of Mr F. L. Bishop, of Taru•rutangi, Taran&ki, two of tihe animals were completely joined together from the snouts to the centre of the body. Both were perfectly formejl and" lived for a short time. The remains'of this freak of nature have been handed to the local museum* \

Sir Joseph Ward was impressed during his visit to Taupo with the waste of trout going on under the present system, which makes no. provision for; its preservation. Since t-hen oorrespondanoe has Ibeen going on with view to the establishment of a smokehouse for trout. One man has already been engaged as fish-curer, and an>ofcher is to Ibe appointed. The Wellington 'Merchant Service> Guild has been fined £IOO for inciting •a strike. Decision to this effect was given by Dr. Al MoArthur, S.M., yesterday. The plaintiff, Mr £. Le Cren, Inspector of Awards, claimed' to recov? er £2OO for aa offence iiirader 6edtaon 6 of /the Arbitration Act. The allega- ' taon was that, during the months of September and Octdber, 1911, defendant union, instigated certain officers I employed tjy various t& become parties to an unlawful strike. - :' paringf at Hhk. turning of the first: sod; s of the Napier-Gisborne railway, Sir Joseph 'Ward stated that l the, actual work of oonstructioo would be commenced in aJbout ten dajre. It ihaa since transpired -that the Public Works Department (have completed plans for the authorised section* and that fifty men will be put on to tbmmence the work wdtihin the time stated my the Prime Minister. is to be carried out on tho cooperative system. . ; ■ . v;..V-

' Speaking at Ashiburbon the .otheir , • .dft£,/th& Rwi -Jv did hot know (rf ianiy . electorate in. the Dominion)' where the voteirfe ; wrera. : r.'s6 : ; strong on water*as they were in Ash-* burton'. They liked it so well that just before the election they camped. in numbers on the river bed. He had been given to understand; however, that as soon as the election was • Wer they left by the first train.: •In the Asfoburtwi the' kst poll there was a majority of 191 votes cast agfenst, National Prohibition. " They like to know where that" majority cia®%Jfrom, and perhaps there would be something interesting to say on the matter later. They had a clue,and were following it up, but, like the . police, were not saying much about it. Mr J. Smith notifies that ho will resume art lessons on Saturday-next. .

Tenders are invited for the lease of - the old showgrounds, Masterton, for gracing, purposes. ;

Messrs Reid and Gray have a replace advertisement in reference to ploughs. •. ■ '••■•'' ■ ■■ ;- -

• A- .meetihig.of settlers will beheldia the Miki Miki schoolroom evening at eight o'clock, to make arrangements' "for the annual Upper Opaki stock sale. * ; .:///.■

- A manager for a* Wairarapa sheep statioii is advertised,for! ' Applications are to be sent .to Messrs James Macintosh and Co., stock auctioneers, 1 Masterton. '

An announcement of considerable interest' to farmers is made by Mr 0. 'j?* issue. .It concerns the lltan/' windmills, which are most, useful for pumjiing water for houseliold and farm use. ■ ,*.

Waitson and Co., (late Hooper's), advertise a great sale of blouse costumes at less than half cost price. A few special, quotations are given elsewhere.

I Notice is given thia.t all claims in t'lie estate of ffche late Mr John Morris and all claims against the firm of Morris Bros., of Te Ore Ore, and all moneys ww ing to , them, must be sent to the office of ,Messrs Gawith and Logan, solicitors, Masterton, not later than (February 17th.' / , ' ' Notice is given .by the Town Cleric, that all Borough rates remaining unpaid after February 13bh will be charged an extra 10 per cant, and summonses will be issued for the rewvery of rates unpaid after February

'A very handsome enlarged photograph of a. Tango group of Bradbury motor cycles and their riders is on view at the cycle shop of Mr D. G. Brown, Queen Street. The picture, which. was taken at Lan.sdown,e, although only representing a. portion. of the* Brad'lmrys in use in the Waira-r- - an eloquent testimony bo their popularity in this district. Moss,rs McGruer and Co. havo received direct from Japan, a hinge shipment of linen goods that should 'have muilied herein, time for the Christmas trade. Being too late for that occasion, the ,goods aro now to be sacrificed, and the show windows in Queen Street have displayed the various lines marked at a sacrifice. The reporters got it. The small boy •g,ot it. The fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, in fact, everybody knows about the W.F.C.A. extraordinary price sale. And if you will kindly refrain 1 from buying and give us a chance this (Thursday) morning we will promise you two of the 'largest days bargains yon ever knew 011 1 riday and Saturday, the grand final days. All -the extraordinary line*; will be taken out of the windows and placed on the ■counters at prices that will mean a ■complete clearance. Every line of -summer goods must go. Advt.